Left sided colitis with rectal bleeding

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Left sided colitis with rectal bleeding

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from K51 Ulcerative colitis

Excludes1 - never coded here

Crohn's disease [regional enteritis] (K50.-)

Use additional code

code to identify any associated fistulas, if applicable:
code to identify manifestations, such as:
anal fistula (K60.3-)
pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)
anorectal fistula (K60.5-)
rectal fistula (K60.4-)

Inherited from the K50-K52 section Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)

Excludes1 - never coded here

irritable bowel syndrome (K58.-)
megacolon (K59.3-)

Includes

noninfective inflammatory bowel disease

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Pancolitis
Hemicolitis, left
Colitis > left sided > with > rectal bleeding

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K51.512	Left sided colitis with intestinal obstruction	Valid
K51.513	Left sided colitis with fistula	Valid
K51.514	Left sided colitis with abscess	Valid
K51.518	Left sided colitis with other complication	Valid
K51.519	Left sided colitis with unspecified complications	Valid